Description
A busy harbor scene shows the Mail Packet Station at Kingstown with several steamships docked nearby. A tall monument or column rises prominently in the foreground, with people standing along the waterfront. The image has a colorful printed postcard look with masts, smoke, and waterfront buildings visible. The card is undated.
Front Text (verbatim):
Kingstown, Mail Packet Station, Co. Dublin.
Back Text (verbatim):
POST CARD.
For Inland Postage this Space, as
well as the Back, may now be used
for communication.
THE ADDRESS ONLY TO BE
WRITTEN HERE.
FOR FOREIGN POSTAGE THE BACK ONLY.
(Post Office Regulation)
INLAND
1/2d.
STAMP.
FOREIGN
1d.
PRINTED IN GERMANY
W. LAWRENCE, PUBLISHER, DUBLIN.
